He wasn't talking about practice at all, nor his practice habits, he was wondering why he has to answer questions about practice to the media. He made himself available for questions from the media, and all that was asked was 'practice' questions, so he wondered why he had to stand up there and answer such silly questions. Ie. "Why are we talking about practice when we should be talking about games." His rant was purely against the media's bias.
If I remember correctly, AI said something like, "I'm the MVP of the league, and you don't get to that point by not practicing hard." And I'm guessing the inference he made is that if he needs some time off, then he's obviously put the work in and deserves to decide how he can best use his body: similar to "load management" nowadays, or even Dennis Rodman taking off to Las Vegas in "The Last Dance".
We all understood what he said perfectly well. But the media decided as is so evident today make a circus of this just to attract viewer. The media really hasnt changed.
Allen Iverson was totally right for standing up for himself when it comes to the media or the press Their soul purpose is to tell lies and make up stories about someone that is not even hundred percent true They literally tried to push Allen Iverson over the edge. After he'd just lost the game and lost his best friend who was Murdered. But he kept his cool and spoke his mind. I love that about this guy he doesn't let people push his buttons. The media had no empathy whatsoever towards him or cared how he felt at that moment. Neither did they ask him one question about his friend. it was sad to ear them laughing when he kept on saying "Practice "over and over again because I think he was lost for words about that issue. Anyway it made me very emotional when I watched the whole press conference it got really emotional and sad for me when he started talking about his daughter and what he had to deal with after the game was over and what he had to go home and hear from his own daughter asking questions about him being traded. When he was the only star athlete on the Sixers that whole entire Season That whole N.B.A press conference shouldn't have happened but it did. And this was probably one of the reasons why Allen Iverson choose to walk away from the N.B.A without him winning a Championship like he deserved because all the other accolades don't mean anything without a Championship period.
Yes, but Allen was referring to the fact that they were asking him about practice during a press conference. A press conference should be about discussing games...not practice...is where he was coming from. Many kids (he claimed) misunderstood him thinking he was indicating that he shouldn’t need to practice (like others since he is so good), and that was an unfair assumption on their part.
Mike ferrari Ferrari Bloomies he was the only good player on a team filled with not so good players.Basically single-handedly he took down Kobe and Shaq in game one of finals and the Lakers bench was stronger than the Sixers starting 4 ...He took down Vince Carter who had a better surrounding cast then Iverson had with the Sixers
@Brixaa you're tripping if you think it has nothing to do with defense because stealing the ball is a defensive play... Bottom-line Iverson was great on idk what you're talkin about. You must have not remembered his career I'm from Philadelphia I definitely watched his career.
This is a perfect example of taken out of context. If you watch the press conference it’s clear what he meant but the media spun it into a joke and something to make him look bad when they were the ones who looked bad by asking dumb questions.
I remember the day this happened. I was 14 at the time and when it first happened I really though it was much a do about nothing. Meaning I didn't understand why such a big deal was made of the whole situation. I still don't think it was a huge deal. The year prior A.I. was as close to a one man team as possible in the NBA leading that 76ers team to the finals and then got a game from that dominant Lakers team. I wouldn't call this a rant as it was A.I. just calling it like it was at the time.
I watched the entire press conference. He sounded genuinely hurt. If you listen closely he sounded like someone wasn't being fully honest with him behind the scenes about the trade rumors, causing him to have to deal with the matter publicly. If he's a franchise player, he's thinking they can be straight with him if they want to trade him and not make him look bad in order to do it. In other words the talk about his practice habits was a smokescreen, as the team would have been criticized for trading him if he wasn't the problem. But I think he was trying to show integrity and not throw anyone specific under the bus.
Practice? MVP AI played nearly every minute of his games and he played every game 'like it was his last'. Larry Brown should have give him 'vacation for Las Vegas' instead of complaining about practice.
WTH? 18 years ago and still talking about this? Allen explained his rant in the 2014 documentary Iverson. That was 6 years ago! ESPN was already ridiculous, but really?
It’s obvious that Coach Larry Brown back then wouldn’t have known how to handle today’s NBA with a certain limit on training camps and team meetings and what have you. It’s not about being lazy in terms of not preparing for the season. It’s more about protecting our superstars from injuries and fatigue so that the NBA can give us a show week in and week out. I understand that older legends like Oscar Robinson and the great Celtics teams and Lakers teams would scoff at not having as many practices as they did back then but we’re obviously in a different age now where we have to be more “protective” of our athletes otherwise we’ll be seeing a lot of career-threatening injuries and that will hurt the league to a degree.
Allen Iverson is one of the greatest guards to play the game at his position. He's had a heart that was 100x bigger than his frame and he showed up every night to play! It's too bad that Allen Iverson couldn't be a doctor or lawyer. That requires "practice!" 😅
His practice rant (coming from a guy who understands hood dialect) he’s saying that why are we not talking about the game but practice? He references the fact that he lost his friend… shouldn’t a franchise player at least get a pass when he’s having a difficult time? Obviously one doesn’t get that good at that size by not practicing. Derrick rose is also another story that shows a small guy shouldn’t go too hard all the time because the body won’t hold up when you really need him. And look what happened because Tom made the bulls practice for extended period of times. And iverson output was far more than even rose. How could the man be knocked for a practice or two when he still went out there and played the finals with 15 fractures? The dude could never get a break and he maxed out. True legend
Allen Iverson was ahead of his time! The old coaches still looked at player's like property, and therefore wanted all of the control! A.I would be perfect for today's time!👌🏾
You know when COVID gets to people they talk about topics that don’t really matters in the grand scheme of things. Pandemic really does something to people.
Ah suppose to be the franchise player of the team and we talking bout practice?? AI killed that interview lol As a matter of fact. Until this day. Who have the brought to the 76s that has played harder than Iverson every single night? Until this day. Not one single player.
Honestly wat the media meant was him practice harder on his game an make players round him better like jordan,kobe an other greats they just went bout it the wrong way not explaining correctly
This is media ladies and gentlemen. Media is surface level and often times racist to black athletes. Most of media was typically white-male dominant. During that time, there were writers and reporters who loved nothing more but to create narratives of the black male professional athlete. They've always painted this bold picture like they are not educated and thugs. No different from your "stereotypical black man" that's painted. A.I. tried to tell them he is human. This from professional all the way down to your local newspapers. It was worse in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. It was never hard to see. ESPN is to blame as well. But this what they do and have done for forever. Why as a black man does he always to try and explain to white men that he is human? It is because we were never depicted as such since the beginning of time and slavery.
Can't believe that was 18 years ago wow! I remember when ESPN replayed it and had the number counter counting how many times he said it....y'all sure that was 18 years ago? Seems like it was last year lol
Fast forward to today Allen Iverson was right! Larry Brown was wrong! Present day teams DO NOT practice EVERY day so "if" that was a issue with either Brown or the reporter that posed the question is telling of them NOT Iverson.
AI was great during actual games... this practice issue was caused by the media. fast forward 18 years... you can see superstars dancing on a concert with a supposedly injury. hehe. BLESSED NEW YEAR EVERYONE :D
Don’t condone the behavior of Allen Iverson by defacing his coaching staff. Gary Payton said they were out drinking and they talked about practice and he said that his coach didn’t let him practice at the time
AI didn’t need to practice to be a HOFer. We talking about practice. I think kyrie iriving would need practice talking about practice. He doesn’t talk to the media and you can say he should retire if he always wants to take personal leave. AI wasn’t a champion but he had the heart of a champion. Heart of a champion talking about practice. *We’re talking about practice*
ESPN needs to revolutionize what they do they impact society they don’t do enough with entertainment on their platform do some thing modern or futuristic because FS1 is better all around
He was on the wrong team! They did not have his best interest in mind which is why they want see another championship title! He took them to the nba finals and they still treated him as if he was not doing enough! One of the greatest players to ever play the game!
He wasn't talking about practice at all, nor his practice habits, he was wondering why he has to answer questions about practice to the media. He made himself available for questions from the media, and all that was asked was 'practice' questions, so he wondered why he had to stand up there and answer such silly questions. Ie. "Why are we talking about practice when we should be talking about games." His rant was purely against the media's bias.
Media get paid to stir up drama man
If I remember correctly, AI said something like, "I'm the MVP of the league, and you don't get to that point by not practicing hard." And I'm guessing the inference he made is that if he needs some time off, then he's obviously put the work in and deserves to decide how he can best use his body: similar to "load management" nowadays, or even Dennis Rodman taking off to Las Vegas in "The Last Dance".
@@heyitsjosh yeah i think iverson earned the right to take a few practices off
We all understood what he said perfectly well. But the media decided as is so evident today make a circus of this just to attract viewer. The media really hasnt changed.
Allen Iverson was totally right for standing up for himself when it comes to the media or the press
Their soul purpose is to tell lies and make up stories about someone that is not even hundred percent true
They literally tried to push Allen Iverson over the edge.
After he'd just lost the game and lost his best friend who was Murdered. But he kept his cool and spoke his mind. I love that about this guy he doesn't let people push his buttons.
The media had no empathy whatsoever towards him or cared how he felt at that moment. Neither did they ask him one question about his friend. it was sad to ear them laughing when he kept on saying "Practice "over and over again because I think he was lost for words about that issue.
Anyway it made me very emotional when I watched the whole press conference it got really emotional and sad for me when he started talking about his daughter and what he had to deal with after the game was over and what he had to go home and hear from his own daughter asking questions about him being traded. When he was the only star athlete on the Sixers that whole entire Season
That whole N.B.A press conference shouldn't have happened but it did.
And this was probably one of the reasons why Allen Iverson choose to walk away from the N.B.A without him winning a Championship like he deserved because all the other accolades don't mean anything without a Championship period.
He was right tho!! They were really talking about “Practice” at a time where he was going through so much
Ask boogie ask practice
Disagree, no practice, no good in game performance! Ask Kobe and mj why they r great! All because of practice!
Racism and white supremacy shows itself in many ways.
SeriousPhilipe yes, but maybe gage could have even a better career!? A career that he has 1 or even 2 championship rings?
Erick Socgfack what r I talking about? What racism? 🤣 😢 🤦♂️ everything is racism...
Allen Iverson was absolutely right at that point.
He was always right. People are just gullible and stupid. Then they wonder why Kyrie Irving hates the press
He was mad cause it was practice .... not a game ..... but practice ...
Practice?! PRACTICE?!!! WE TALKIN ABOUT PRACTICE?!!! 🤷🏽♂️
😂😂
Playoffs?
@@brandondaniels9471 nota game nota game nota game
My all time favorite sports rant lol. This one NEVER gets old lol
Yes, but Allen was referring to the fact that they were asking him about practice during a press conference. A press conference should be about discussing games...not practice...is where he was coming from. Many kids (he claimed) misunderstood him thinking he was indicating that he shouldn’t need to practice (like others since he is so good), and that was an unfair assumption on their part.
Shows that you don’t need to win a championship to be great. Allen was one the best.
💯
thats my most favourite player
Mike ferrari Ferrari You’re crazy he led the league in steals in 2001
Mike ferrari Ferrari Bloomies he was the only good player on a team filled with not so good players.Basically single-handedly he took down Kobe and Shaq in game one of finals and the Lakers bench was stronger than the Sixers starting 4 ...He took down Vince Carter who had a better surrounding cast then Iverson had with the Sixers
@Brixaa you're tripping if you think it has nothing to do with defense because stealing the ball is a defensive play... Bottom-line Iverson was great on idk what you're talkin about. You must have not remembered his career I'm from Philadelphia I definitely watched his career.
That rant is forever legendary
True Iverson fans already know the reason I got his dvd when it came out
Stephen A Smith is really telling us what Iverson has told us on numerous occasions like we didn't already know
SAS was also his big brother.
Some new fans didn't know, needed to be informed .
“I spoke to the brotha last night, and by spoke to him I mean I liked one of this Instagram posts”
This is a perfect example of taken out of context. If you watch the press conference it’s clear what he meant but the media spun it into a joke and something to make him look bad when they were the ones who looked bad by asking dumb questions.
I remember the day this happened. I was 14 at the time and when it first happened I really though it was much a do about nothing. Meaning I didn't understand why such a big deal was made of the whole situation. I still don't think it was a huge deal. The year prior A.I. was as close to a one man team as possible in the NBA leading that 76ers team to the finals and then got a game from that dominant Lakers team. I wouldn't call this a rant as it was A.I. just calling it like it was at the time.
I agree
When you see how good he was on the court it's pretty obvious that he does practice.
I watched the entire press conference. He sounded genuinely hurt. If you listen closely he sounded like someone wasn't being fully honest with him behind the scenes about the trade rumors, causing him to have to deal with the matter publicly. If he's a franchise player, he's thinking they can be straight with him if they want to trade him and not make him look bad in order to do it. In other words the talk about his practice habits was a smokescreen, as the team would have been criticized for trading him if he wasn't the problem. But I think he was trying to show integrity and not throw anyone specific under the bus.
Practice? MVP AI played nearly every minute of his games and he played every game 'like it was his last'. Larry Brown should have give him 'vacation for Las Vegas' instead of complaining about practice.
Exactly! How many times he got injured and they said he would be out for 4 weeks and played the next game 40+ minutes.
How did you not watch the documentary 🤦♂️ legend🙌🏾
Itsdatboy L what documentary?
@@samuvonbach5404 the Inversion documentary on Netflix. It covers the "Practice" rant
Steven VibezWorldwide what’s it called ?
@@Iluvkelly Its called Iverson
That was that most legendary press conference in sports history :D
And the other rant....PLAYOFFS!! you wanna talk about PLAYOFFS!
Him and Marshon Lynch the goats 🐐🤣🤣🤣
18 years later, it never gets old!
ESPN ain't really got nothing to talk about.
Stephen A. is the only person in media I see that explains this as well as he does. Kudos to him
WTH? 18 years ago and still talking about this? Allen explained his rant in the 2014 documentary Iverson. That was 6 years ago! ESPN was already ridiculous, but really?
And what exactly are they supposed to talk about again?
...about practice
@@kevinjohnduerme8963 Not a game, but practice...
It’s obvious that Coach Larry Brown back then wouldn’t have known how to handle today’s NBA with a certain limit on training camps and team meetings and what have you. It’s not about being lazy in terms of not preparing for the season. It’s more about protecting our superstars from injuries and fatigue so that the NBA can give us a show week in and week out. I understand that older legends like Oscar Robinson and the great Celtics teams and Lakers teams would scoff at not having as many practices as they did back then but we’re obviously in a different age now where we have to be more “protective” of our athletes otherwise we’ll be seeing a lot of career-threatening injuries and that will hurt the league to a degree.
If I had to play 40 minutes a game I wouldn’t practice either.
Allen Iverson is one of the greatest guards to play the game at his position. He's had a heart that was 100x bigger than his frame and he showed up every night to play!
It's too bad that Allen Iverson couldn't be a doctor or lawyer. That requires "practice!" 😅
Iverson was mad, cause he was going to get traded. Yet he was suppose to be the franchise. And they talk about practice.
Look at Iverson man so inspirational.
@Ricochetrabitt huh
I thought Gary Payton cleared this up years ago.
He did
They post so much that ppl forgot about it and now they just need content
Are you new here? People have short memories.
Nah they j dont have anything to tawk about
Your right. This just some Pandemic chatter
All he needed was one ring just one but he is still a legend
The best post game press conference of all time!!!!!!
Legend has it they still talking about practice in 2020 lol😂😂😂😂
They always bring this up, as an anniversary. smh
How many times will SAS explain it ?
As many times his close sources need to hear it again 😂
Good explanation behind the rant. I forgot those details.
This Legendary rant falls on my Birthday, I'm honored A.I!
Hcd
@@gwallapetro3160 Happy B Day Alton.
Happy Practice day lol 😎
Go to practice
It wouldn’t be a Stephen a smith without AI.
His practice rant (coming from a guy who understands hood dialect) he’s saying that why are we not talking about the game but practice? He references the fact that he lost his friend… shouldn’t a franchise player at least get a pass when he’s having a difficult time? Obviously one doesn’t get that good at that size by not practicing. Derrick rose is also another story that shows a small guy shouldn’t go too hard all the time because the body won’t hold up when you really need him. And look what happened because Tom made the bulls practice for extended period of times. And iverson output was far more than even rose. How could the man be knocked for a practice or two when he still went out there and played the finals with 15 fractures? The dude could never get a break and he maxed out. True legend
He articulated it very well!
Greatest Quote In The History In The NBA
Cus it all boils down to what you give out in THE GAME... Just like what Shaq said "I give 20% on practice and a 100 on every game."
Allen Iverson was ahead of his time!
The old coaches still looked at player's
like property, and therefore wanted all
of the control! A.I would be perfect
for today's time!👌🏾
"At that particular moment in time", everything was about practice, not a game!
Never knew. Thanks for the upload!
I'm wondering why A.I. has a Red Sox hat on Playing in Philly 😲
Here we are in the middle of pandemic, yet we are talking about practice.
DJ PORTER Remix!! "Practice" 😄😄😄
Rediculous ~ Everyyyyyy Player In The NBA Has Missed Practice ~ Media And Hid Own Coach Disrespected Him And Did Him Wrong ~ Period 💯✌🏽
It's like when you late to work too many times, your supervisor or boss be looking at you like...
I’m normally not a Stephen A fan but he’s right here
You know when COVID gets to people they talk about topics that don’t really matters in the grand scheme of things. Pandemic really does something to people.
I like the remix version of this lmao
Who still needs an explanation!
Ah suppose to be the franchise player of the team and we talking bout practice?? AI killed that interview lol
As a matter of fact. Until this day. Who have the brought to the 76s that has played harder than Iverson every single night? Until this day. Not one single player.
i mean we still talkin bout' practice not when we gone be able to see the start of the new NBA season but practice i mean seriously practice
ESPN in a few days....
"We talkin about practice? Or are we talkin about how Lebron James would have managed in Wilt Chamberlain's era?"
Happy 19th anniversary to Allen Iverson's famous Practice press conference
What year, lady @0:09? 2002. It was even displayed on the screen while you were talking. Geez.....
"AI n them Boyz really wanted it more than the players today..he wanted it so bad he wouldn't even practice"-Stephen A
Tuesday is the 22 year anniversary
Honestly wat the media meant was him practice harder on his game an make players round him better like jordan,kobe an other greats they just went bout it the wrong way not explaining correctly
stephen is arguably one of the best speakers in america
This is media ladies and gentlemen. Media is surface level and often times racist to black athletes. Most of media was typically white-male dominant. During that time, there were writers and reporters who loved nothing more but to create narratives of the black male professional athlete. They've always painted this bold picture like they are not educated and thugs. No different from your "stereotypical black man" that's painted. A.I. tried to tell them he is human. This from professional all the way down to your local newspapers. It was worse in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. It was never hard to see. ESPN is to blame as well. But this what they do and have done for forever. Why as a black man does he always to try and explain to white men that he is human? It is because we were never depicted as such since the beginning of time and slavery.
Can't believe that was 18 years ago wow! I remember when ESPN replayed it and had the number counter counting how many times he said it....y'all sure that was 18 years ago? Seems like it was last year lol
Lol they have no content anymore.
Shane Chambers. It’s been that way for a little while now lol
No sports so it makes sense
@@wyethpurkiss7393 yeah but they must REALLY be struggling if they are posting this
Shane Chambers you try and fill up a daily sports show with no sports
@@tommyfitzgerald5912 then dont post or talk on anything if there's nothing to talk about lol this just makes them look desperate for views
I think what people don't get is it's not like he was new to the team or the beginning of the season. They all knew the plays and system
Huh, they really weren't talking about a game
Fast forward to today Allen Iverson was right! Larry Brown was wrong! Present day teams DO NOT practice EVERY day so "if" that was a issue with either Brown or the reporter that posed the question is telling of them NOT Iverson.
It's 2021 and we are still talking about practice, not the game, not the game, we're talking about practice. 😄
18 years overdue
AI was great during actual games... this practice issue was caused by the media. fast forward 18 years... you can see superstars dancing on a concert with a supposedly injury. hehe. BLESSED NEW YEAR EVERYONE :D
Practice. What we in here talking bout again, “practice, man”
20 years ago now...
Say the word Practice 22 times. It starts to sound ridiculous.
Why does the nba play so many games anyways? Shouldn't we have a season that's just the playoffs but 1/3 as many games?
Playoffs?!
No, PRACTICE!!
It's now 2021 and they still Talking about "Practice "
This is where Dbaby get the ending of his song Practice
I got The Question “Practice” Reebok’s.
We talking bout practice, practice, not the game but practice, a whole press conference about practice lol.
I never head this before Ted Lasso
Don’t condone the behavior of Allen Iverson by defacing his coaching staff. Gary Payton said they were out drinking and they talked about practice and he said that his coach didn’t let him practice at the time
AI didn’t need to practice to be a HOFer. We talking about practice. I think kyrie iriving would need practice talking about practice. He doesn’t talk to the media and you can say he should retire if he always wants to take personal leave. AI wasn’t a champion but he had the heart of a champion. Heart of a champion talking about practice. *We’re talking about practice*
Humans learn better on the fly so if he doesn't need practice and wants to learn while playing then why cant he?
Pure ❤
ESPN needs to revolutionize what they do they impact society they don’t do enough with entertainment on their platform do some thing modern or futuristic because FS1 is better all around
LEBRON AND STEPH WOULD NNNEEEVVVEEERRR!!!😠😠😠 be criticized!!!
Side note: I like this interviewer
He is a worker. Not a slacker. NOT A SLACKER.
Who picked up Larry Brown after Iverson left I waite I really forgot the man even exist....
He was on the wrong team! They did not have his best interest in mind which is why they want see another championship title! He took them to the nba finals and they still treated him as if he was not doing enough! One of the greatest players to ever play the game!
one of jazzy jeffs greatest hits
I don't understand. This isn't a new topic, right? Cuz this is old news. We all knew this.
We talkin about practice?
What exactly are we talking about?
Video Cliffnotes: He didn't want to practice.
At the end of the day it’s a business they will do whatever they want it sucks
Word has it. That's the only word he knows how to spell
It’s like a great jazz improve ! We’re talkin bout PRATIS !
Why do we need SAS to tell us why AI was upset when AI himself told us?
Now days they rest players how crazy is that Nd u dnt have to be hurt
practice
18 years wow
Really espn.... it’s like we are watching the 90s and 2000s happen all over again.
Chad Perez it's been a slow day for them